It’s time to pedestrianise oxford street. The long drawn out death rattle of the high street is painful to read about let alone watch unfold. As a longstanding (despite a brief hiatus) Tufnell Park resident it’s impossible to have missed the fluctuating state of Kentish Town High Street, not to mention Tufnell Park itself. Big […]
St Martin-in-the-Fields
It’s the Monday after my birthday. Getting old now, you see. I decided this year to celebrate in London. A place i’ve not lived in for nearly a year now but a place that will forever be home, having been my playground for over a decade of my formative years. You learn something after being […]
January 4th: Friday Digest
New year, new meme. Or something like that. Happy official first Friday of 2019 – if you’ve been at work this week then well done, you made it! if you’ve not… may Monday bring you an inbox that doesn’t hurt TOO much… Either way: here’s a few links that you may find interesting – some […]
Up all night to get Muddy
The purpose of this blog is categorically not to #humblebrag but on the same ticket, some memories are too good to forget and frankly a public facebook post might be a little too indulgent. Accordingly if you have found yourself reading this, sorry, you’ve found yourself in a dark spot because i’m about to ramble […]
HMV: Here come the Creditors
A few years ago HMV hit the rocks and the creditors were called in. It didn’t take long for the industry to rally round the stricken retailer and provide solutions to keep them afloat. One key change which is never mentioned is that unilaterally the stock in HMV is on consignment. Surely the way that […]
Universal Music Group – What if…
So, according to reports all over the internet today (including the one we read here at MBW) behemoth UMG are set to be given new owners. Kinda. 50% new owners, it seems. An interesting move… 50% of the company off out the door also means 50% profits too. Not that that’s necessarily a problem – […]